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INTRODUCTION
"Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable--to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
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World Commission on Environment and Development, Brundtland Commission,
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With the belief that engineering components should enhance the architecture of a building, IBE Consulting Engineers designs mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems that are responsive to architectural goals, meet client’s budgets and technical expectations, and achieve additional measures such as energy efficiency, ease of maintenance, and system integration. Our engineers take active roles on project teams throughout the schematic design, design development, and construction document phases of each project to ensure that they are an integral part of the team, adding value to all phases of the design and construction process.
The cornerstone of IBE Consulting Engineers' design philosophy is the practice of sustainable building design.
Our philosophy of sustainability encourages our clients and architects to consider that building design is much more than energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, building orientation, façade design, and recyclable materials. These issues are critically important. However, we believe that designing buildings that meet the Clients' needs, whether it is a building that has a life span of 50 years or a building that uses minimum technology as the building life is intended to be short, should be foremost in the design process.
In essence, sustainability is the understanding our clients aims, influencing the design goals, whether energy efficient or not, to achieve a cost effective solution both in terms of initial and life cycle costs
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